Top Women Athletes Are Just Lucky?

Men are skilled and committed, but women are only good-looking and lucky? According to a study conducted by the University of Delaware regarding NBC’s commentary at past Olympic Games, sexist statements dominate the feedback that fans are exposed to.

Angelini gathered the network’s prime-time coverage from NBC, which maintains exclusive U.S. rights to cover the Games on TV, and categorized clips based on 17 criteria, including commitment, intelligence, strength and luck.

Not only does NBC’s Olympics commentary unfairly compare men and women athletes, it also gives more coverage to U.S. athletes and includes racist remarks, a second study found. Those remarks include references to white athletes being committed and composed, while black athletes have physical strength and Asian athletes are intelligent.